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Insurance for Chauffeur / Wedding Hire

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  • 18-01-2009 8:12pm
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    kgdo85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi

    I have a couple of Jaguars which I use for weekend driving and obviously v. expensive motor to run.

    The whole economic situation has lead me to think of using them for wedding car hire or chauffeur services etc part time to help pay for tax / ins etc.

    Does anyone know how costs for this type of insurance compare to standard car insurance? What companies offer this type of insurance? and are there restrictions on age of drivers? (Myself and my bro who would drive it are both 24)?


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    2qk4u
    Registered Users Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭2qk4u


    I think you need a PSV licence for that, and if you have one give Brian J Peirce Ins Broker a call ...


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    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    I'd say you would be looking at €1500 to €2000 for your first year. Road tax would go down to €82 on each car which might make it cheaper for you even if you decide to never actually do any Chauffeur / Wedding Hire with them. Yes as was said you need a PSV license for it.


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    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    What models are they?


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    kgdo85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭kgdo85


    Thanks guys, what is required to get PSV licence, eg training, test etc? I have no idea about this. Do you pay a fee?

    If tax went down to €82 that would be super, tax is approx 1600 on each. Would I have to put a hackney plate thingy on bumper?

    Models are 99 XJ8 and 1986 Double 6 bigkev.


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    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    You have to do a test to get the PSV license, there's courses regularly advertised in the Evening Herald in the classifieds under Taxis, the fee for the license is small, I think it's around €20 for a couple of years. I'm not sure what's the fee if any to get a hackney license.

    You wont need a plate on the bumper, what you will need is a tamper proof sticker about twice the size of the current tax disc on your front and back windows, if you look at a taxi you will notice they all have yellow ones on them.


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    kgdo85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭kgdo85


    i am wondering about those hackney window stickers......they would look terrible those big yellow things.

    I have never seen any kind of sticker or plate on normal wedding or chauffer cars...how do they get away with it?


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,564 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    AFAIK if it's taxed as a limo, you just need one small white sticker at the back.


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